Dlwalker337

HI Daniel, Im izzy! Inarvaez (talk) 20:16, 17 April 2018 (UTC)

Deletion discussion about Ashanté Reese

Hello, Dlwalker337,

I wanted to let you know that there's a discussion about whether Ashanté Reese should be deleted. Your comments are welcome at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ashanté Reese .

If you're new to the process, articles for deletion is a group discussion (not a vote!) that usually lasts seven days. If you need it, there is a guide on how to contribute. Last but not least, you are highly encouraged to continue improving the article; just be sure not to remove the tag about the deletion nomination from the top.

Thanks,

Onel5969 ^{TT me} 12:23, 13 June 2018 (UTC)

Article deletions

Hi! I thought I'd come and explain a little as to what's going on and the reasons why. Ultimately what's going on is that two of the articles you created, Jamie A. Thomas (Anthropologist) and Ashanté Reese, have been nominated for deletion with the argument that they don't show where these individuals are notable.

In order to show where a person is notable we need to show where they've received coverage in independent and reliable sources. With Thomas's article, all of the sourcing is primary, meaning that they were released by Thomas or by a person or organization affiliated with her, such as the ABA. These cannot show notability for her, unfortunately, and Thomas is not automatically notable because of her status within the ABA or because she teaches at a notable university - the catch with Wikipedia is that we need to be able to show where she's independently notable. The same goes for Reese - most of the coverage in her article is also primary, as it's content that was released by the ABA, Reese herself, or other people or organizations affiliated with her. The only non-primary source is the Epicurious one, however the issue here is that the source isn't about Reese but rather food justice. It's also an interview, which is viewed as a primary source by some Wikipedians, so interviews aren't really the strongest sources to establish notability with.

Ultimately what we need for the articles are sources that are written about Reese and Thomas, like reviews of their work, articles that discuss them and their work - basically articles where they're the main focus of the article as opposed to articles where they're brought on to comment or discuss a specific topic. Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 13:38, 13 June 2018 (UTC)

• For the time being I would recommend against creating new articles for people in the ABA - my concern is that although these people are most definitely accomplished, I don't know that they necessarily pass Wikipedia's guidelines for notability - which can be fairly strict. Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 13:40, 13 June 2018 (UTC)
• I've moved one of your articles to your userspace at User:DLwalker337/Laurian Bowles until more sourcing can be found - I'm concerned that this would otherwise be nominated for deletion. Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 18:26, 13 June 2018 (UTC)

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If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me on my talk page. Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 14:26, 14 June 2018 (UTC)